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Post by DrBill on Feb 12, 2003 18:38:30 GMT -5
At the signing of the peace treaty in the fall of 1832, the testimony of a number of the indian participants in
the BHW was taken by American military personal. Pre-sumably it documents personal actions on the part of individual indians. Has this material ever been published? If so, can anyone provide a referance?
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Post by Robert Braun on Feb 13, 2003 8:57:30 GMT -5
At the signing of the peace treaty in the fall of 1832, the testimony of a number of the indian participants in the BHW was taken by American military personal. Pre-sumably it documents personal actions on the part of individual indians. Has this material ever been published? If so, can anyone provide a referance? Hello, Doctor, and welcome to the BHW Discussion Board! If I am understanding your query correctly, there are several native or "survivor" accounts published in general reports in Ellen Witney's series The Black Hawk War 1831-1832 Vol. 2, No. 2. These include Sauk, Fox, Kickapoo, and I think some Winnebago accounts. I hope this is the material you were seeking... Bob Braun Moderator. |
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Post by pshrake on Feb 13, 2003 23:22:50 GMT -5
Another possible source would be the microfilm rolls of the National Archives, most notably, the "Letters Recievd by the Office of Indian Affairs, Winnebago agency," or "Sauk/Fox Agency". Another potential source would be "Documents Relating to Ratified and Unratified Treaties between the various tribes of Indians." Both sets of microfilm contain extensive official correspondance and records relating to Indian Affairs.
I suspect what you will want to look for will be the "council Journal" otherwise called "Journal of Proceedings." Most actual treaty councils were recoreded verbatim by secretaries appointed specifically for the job. These journals can be quite thick with helpful information and is often the best source of verbatim remarks by both the Indians themselves and the U.S. Commissioners.
I am not sure where you hail from, Dr. Bill, but I do know that both the U.W. Libraries as Eau Claire and Stevens Point have comprehensive, if not complete collections of these records.
Hope this helps.
Pete Shrake
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